For this research, more than 1600 Egyptian vulture nestlings from island and mainland populations were monitored over three decades in Spain. Small changes in the sex ratio in threatened species may cause significant alterations in their populations

A scientific team led by a researcher from the Estación Biológica de Doñana - CSIC has compiled all data available for Schistostega pennata, so-called goblin’s gold, and created species distribution models in the Iberian Peninsula.

This unique plant is distributed in only a few areas of the Iberian Peninsula, especially in the north and northwest, and its ecology is still poorly known. Many of its populations are threatened by human activity.

A scientific team led by the Miguel Hernández University of Elche with the collaboration of the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC has analysed the basic patterns of movements of several populations of griffon vultures in Spain. Their movements are influenced by individual sex, breeding region and other environmental factors.

Results show that the management of these species, which exploit very large areas, cannot be approached at the local level and requires the collaboration...

A study of the Doñana Biological Station – CSIC and the University of Cadiz shows that the spatial configuration of a territory is essential to explain the number of species that it can have, regardless of environmental conditions.
It is the first time that interactions between species are studied to explain the spacies-area relationship.

A study with the participation of the Doñana Biological Station (CSIC) shows that most of the plants in Europe are dispersed by birds that migrate to warmer areas in autumn. Common birds that winter in Europe and North Africa distribute more seeds to cold latitudes which can be the key to move plant species and adapt to global warming